Editorial

The journal is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Jung's birthday with a special centenary issue containing two papers commissioned for the occasion. In addition Gerhard Adler, President of the I.A.A.P., agreed to having his address, given to the Sixth International Congress, published as a centenary contribution. He surveys the social scene of our time and asks: what of the future; how can analytical psychology help? Within the confines of an address only pointers to such programmatic questions can be given which cannot be further summarized. However, if Adler's message could be underlined, it would be that man, in his need to become more conscious of his condition, must pay particular attention to the numinosum and to what are, at present, called paranormal phenomena. Adler sees Jung as having been ahead of his, and our, time in his pioneering work. He failed only to distinguish between mass phenomena and group dynamics.

Fordham's memories and thoughts about the founder of analytical psychology strike a personal note, both in the sense that he does not mind giving things away about Jung nor about himself. Thus we may see how the ‘giant’ became, at the hands of Herakles, an ordinary mortal who died. But there is also a great deal of warmth and affection in, and between, these lines. Among matters of great interest, especially to the younger generation of analytical psychologists, are the beginning and history of The Society of Analytical Psychology. What is said to be characteristic of the ‘London approach’ to analytical psychology can be traced to its origins in Fordham's account, which does not mince matters. We are, therefore, never far from the connection between the personal and the collective shadow. All this makes the article unique. I think it would be no exaggeration to consider it a valuable document.

Henderson's reminiscent pictures are no less personal. But one feels that he was rather less involved with Jung than Fordham was. The greater distance of Sa